Do you constantly shell out money for new guitar picks each trip to the music store because unbeknownst to you, they can be rescued form the inside of your sound hole in a very simple, quick and easy maneuver? Here's a way to get a pick out of your guitar.

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Hold your guitar upside down. You should be standing and holding the fretboard.
Flip your guitar over, the sound hole should not be facing you. The tuners should be pointing to you.
Start to shake your guitar just a little. You should hear the clicking of the pick. Thats a sign that your pick is near the top of the guitar (bottom when guitar is upside-down).
Now grab the fretboard with both hands and start to shake the guitar, swinging it downwards. This will make it fly out of the sound hole.
If the pick does not fall out, just make the pick go to the top again, and repeat.

Alternate Method

If your pick has fallen into your guitar, hold the guitar flat on your lap, and look into the sound hole. Give the guitar a couple shakes until you can actually see the pick directly under the sound hole. Most guitars have support braces running on the inside of the back. These can help to hold the pick in a general area. Once the pick is in the center, slide it so it is directly under the sound hole.
Quickly flip the guitar so the sound hole is facing down. Inertia and centripetal force will cause the pick to "stick" to the back of the guitar until the sound hole is facing down. The pick will fall in your lap. It might take a little practice, but once you get it, you'll be able to do it on the first try from then on.

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[edit] Warnings

Be careful with your guitar.
The most common way to get the pick out is to flip the guitar upside down and shake vigorously. The problem with this technique is that it is not very consistent, or accurate. Sometimes shaking doesn’t get it out, and other times, when it does come out, it may fly out at such surprising angle and speed that it’s lost; maybe never to be found again.